THE ARROW

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• Release Year: 1997
• Genre: Documentary, Drama, War
• Plot: THE ARROW tells the story of the passion, the betrayal and the players behind the building of the stunning fighter-interceptor jet constructed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War. Cost over-runs, U.S. government intervention and Canadian political agendas grounded the Arrow before it had a fighting chance. A brash young team of designers at Avro Aircraft and their charismatic new president, Crawford Gordon (Dan Aykroyd) accept the RCAF challenge to create a radically advanced jet fighter-interceptor to defend Canada against powerful Soviet nuclear bombers capable of attacking over the North Pole. The Avro team races to break all performance records with the Arrow. But the dream begins to unravel in a dark and tragic tale of political ambition, international espionnage, subversion and deceit.
• Cast: David Brown, Catherine Fitch, Robin Gammell, Robert Haley, Michael Moriarty, Michael Ironside, Christopher Plummer, Ker Wells, Glen Thompson, Kim McCaw, Keith James, Wayne Nicklas, David Gillies, Robert Huculak, Gene Pyrz, Jeff Madden, James Durham, Nancy Drake, Lee J. Campbell, Richard Blackburn, Richard Hurst, Blake Taylor, Darach McDonnell, Conrad Sweatman, John Diefenbaker, Brad Leiman, Ian D. Clark, Mauralea Austin, Lubomir Mykytiuk, Dan Weber, Colette Stevenson, Art Hindle, Lynne Cormack, Vernon Chapman, Frank Adamson, John Nelles, Niklas Konowal, Chris Sigurdson, John Bekavac, Walter High, Wilfrid Bray, Lora Schroeder, Robert G. Slade, John Bluethner, Dan Aykroyd, Sara Botsford, Ron White, Aidan Devine, Nigel Bennett, Jonathon Whittaker, Don McBrearty, Keith Ross Leckie
• Director: Don McBrearty
• Runtime: 3:00
• Company: CBC Home Video
• Media Format: Movie